ThisFrenchfarce/dramatakesplaceinIrelandin1916,duringoneofthepeakperiodsofrevolutionaryviolence.SevenIrishrevolutionarieshavetakenoverapostoffice,totallyevacuatingthebuilding.Orsotheythink.TheymissedGertieGertel,whowasinthebathroomatthetime.Bythetimesheisdiscovered,theyaresufficientlybesiegedthatforherownsafety,shemuststaywiththem.Gertie,itturnsout,isaboutaspro-Britishasitispossibletobe,andtheseventakeitonthemselves,inthemidstofbattlesandgunfights,towinherovertotheircause.